Apr 1 ~ wonderful small group meeting and worship
Apr 2 ~ final stage in plan to buy my parents house which is on adjoining property
Apr 3 ~ offer of babysitting so dh could take me out to lunch for my birthday
Apr 4 ~ Tulips from a dear friend, birthday call from ds19, desk finally cleaned off
Apr 5 ~ Maundy Thursday Service at Church, woke up to beautiful snowfall
Apr 6 ~ fabulous surprise dinner cooked by my 16 year old son and ds19 surprised me by taking me to a concert, money given to ds16 for drivers ed.
Apr 7 ~ another fabulous birthday dinner with parents, children, and in-laws
Apr 8 ~ Resurrection Sunday, Easter breakfast at church, enough leftovers to take home for a weeks worth of breakfast, words of I Love You from one of my Sunday School students
Apr 9 ~ birthday party for my dad and chance to visit with most of my brothers and sisters
Apr 10 ~ call from ds16's hospitality teacher wanting to nominate him for the National Technical Honor Society
Apr 11 ~ Awana leaders who carve derby cars for all the cubby and sparky members so they can have their own special race
Apr 12 ~ got to visit ds16's hopsitality class and enjoy a buffet cooked by the students
Apr 13 ~ my mom made some yummy cookies for the kids
Apr 14 ~ Kmart still had the tent my husband has been wanting for almost a year, finally had money to buy it
Apr 15 ~ five very well-behaved students in my pre-school sunday school class, all listened and participated, given a $15 gift certificate to a local restaurant by a fellow SS teacher and friend
Apr 16 ~ heartschooling day playing risk for several hours with very pleased kids
Apr 17 ~ We didn't lose power, or trees in the hurricane-like storm we had
Apr 18 ~ Good News Club rally with over 80 kids in attendance
Apr 19 ~ ds7 helped fold laundry so I didn't have to do it alone
Apr 20 ~ a 31.50 refund on a tent and table we bought that went on sale the day after we bought them
Apr 21 ~ Spring weather finally and a great walk in the woods with the kiddos
Apr 22 ~ Another great day and working outside together as a family
Apr 23 ~ Being invited by a lady from church to visit their horsefarm, less than half mile from our home
Apr 24 ~ dentists willingness to fit my daughter in to have her spacers removed
Apr 25 ~ truck brakes fixed very quickly, did not have to be without it,
Apr 26 ~ being released from the hospital with assurance that my heart is strong
Apr 27 ~ winning a picnic table from an open house at ds16's school of technology
Apr 28 ~ woods walk to enjoy the beauty of God's creation, ds11 won thrid place for design in our Awana Grand Prix
Apr 29 ~ many expressions of care as the result of my recent hospital visit, the beginning of a share your faith video series
Apr 30 ~ local camp holding homeschool Mondays, teaching kids about river life,